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The word 'sweelin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sweelinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.2149
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 58.1 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of sweelin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
t wis jist gyan aawey. It wis sweelin doon gundies, inty stanks, se on page 84

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ing on aat diet," said Susie, sweelin a lettuce aneth the caal tap. on page 71

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Wi'r sweelin oot wir tins, An squaashin bo on page 34

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
takk his anti-epilepsy peels, sweelin them doon wi spring watter fr
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
dirdin an a wallopin an a sweelin, an Skirly an Mooch began tae
1 matches

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
ront o the thrang is thai cam sweelin an burlin thair wey roond the on page 27

1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
star. It wis byous, the power sweelin up ahint her een, slooshin li on page 219

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
iched Mrs Boakregarde, 'ye're sweelin up!' on page 110
savin her noo. Her boady wis sweelin up and chyngin shape at sic a on page 111

3 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
sweelin swaws, see, forgaither wi me on page 28

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
n heidit fir saufty amang the sweelin cloods o claes further doon t on page 65

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
The boag's dark-sweelin, quait, on page 17

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ak scullery, the goulden fire sweelin hir burd-lik frame. Maisie le on page 2

1 matches

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